§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library the documents relating to arms exports to Yugoslavia or the former Yugoslavia involving the defence contractors BMARC and Astra. [82703]
§ Dr. HowellsThe statutory and accounting records of Astra Holdings plc and Springfield Road Limited, formerly known as British Manufacture and Research Co. Ltd (BMARC), are under the control of the official receiver following their winding up by the court.
Access to the records is governed by insolvency legislation and the direction of the court and, as such, at this time there is no proposal to remove the records from the official receiver who will continue to consider requests to inspect them.